Maple Ice Cream with Maple Glazed Pecans - The Merrythought

Ingredients

• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1 cup whole milk
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 4 large egg yolks
• ¾ cup pure maple syrup
• ¼ tsp. vanilla extract
• ¼-½ tsp. maple extract
• 1 cup chopped pecans (I like my pieces a little bigger)
• 2 ½ tablespoons maple syrup
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar
• dash or two of salt
• pinch of cayenne pepper